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When Hilde Back sponsored a young, rural Kenyan student, she thought nothing of it. She certainly never expected to hear from him, but years later she does. Now a Harvard graduate and a Human Rights Lawyer for the United Nations, Chris Mburu decides to find the stranger that changed his life. Inspired by her generosity, he starts a scholarship program of his own and names it for his former benefactor.

The Student Research Conference (SRC) is an annual event sponsored by the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CPMS) that allows both graduate and undergraduate students opportunity to present their research in a setting similar to professional conferences. Students who have participated in past conferences cite the SRC as a valuable experience which better prepared them for graduate school and/or industry.

Test Preparation: Learn the skills and strategies that can help you take tests more effectively.

Drop-in sessions, no reservation needed.

Throughout the month of March, the BYU Career and Academic Success Center is offering free academic and life skills workshops for students. Students will learn how to study smarter, remember more and efficiently prepare for tests. Additionally, the center offers information and guidance for students preparing to choose a major or career, explore graduate school, interview for a job or submit a resume and cover letter.

BYU Counseling and Psychological Services will be offering a free, 10-hour workshop for engaged and newly married couples. The workshop is designed to help couples create the kind of marriage that they want right from the start. Email premaritalworkshop@byu.edu to sign up.

Memory: Learn the skills and strategies that can help you take advantage of your memory.

Drop-in sessions, no reservation needed.

Throughout the month of March, the BYU Career and Academic Success Center is offering free academic and life skills workshops for students. Students will learn how to study smarter, remember more and efficiently prepare for tests. Additionally, the center offers information and guidance for students preparing to choose a major or career, explore graduate school, interview for a job or submit a resume and cover letter.

Stress Management: Gain control of your life by controlling your stress. Learn to make the most of your schedule.

Drop-in sessions, no reservation needed.

Throughout the month of March, the BYU Career and Academic Success Center is offering free academic and life skills workshops for students. Students will learn how to study smarter, remember more and efficiently prepare for tests. Additionally, the center offers information and guidance for students preparing to choose a major or career, explore graduate school, interview for a job or submit a resume and cover letter.

Ben Satterfield will present a seminar giving a brief history of previous Ebola outbreaks, why the current outbreak is different than before and how it is impacting science policy, economy and cultures in the United States and other developed nations as well as the West African countries affected. Satterfield is part of the MD-PhD combined degree program at the University of Texas Medical Branch with his research focusing on understanding lethal viral pathogens studied only in Biosafety Level 4 high containment, including Ebola, Nipah, and Marburg viruses among others.

Come and hear from several extremely talented groups at the BYU A Cappella Jam! Bring your friends, bring a date, bring your grandmother, and you can even bring your grandmother's visiting teachers because no one is going to want to miss this amazing concert!

This Jam features BYU Vocal Point and special guest Infrared from the University of Utah. It will also include several of our nine student-run auditioned groups: Familiar Ring, Beyond Measure, Duly Noted, Attention, Asymmetric, Provocalize, A Lotta Fermata, Up-Beat, and UpriSing.

Our MC will be McKay Crockett, current director and former singer of BYU Vocal Point.

Tickets are $5 if you get them in advance at the Wilk Info Desk, or $7 at the door.

The BYU Department of Geolgical Sciences is hosting a series of seminars about the latest use of technology in exploration. With the development of remote sensing technology and the exploration of the solar system by spacecraft, geological sciences (understanding the Earth's origin and development) have become increasingly important for understanding not only the earth but the moon, other planets and their moons, and small bodies that orbit the sun.

Textbook Comprehension: Learn reading methods and other techniques to help you study smarter. (Bring a textbook!)

Drop-in sessions, no reservation needed.

Throughout the month of March, the BYU Career and Academic Success Center is offering free academic and life skills workshops for students. Students will learn how to study smarter, remember more and efficiently prepare for tests. Additionally, the center offers information and guidance for students preparing to choose a major or career, explore graduate school, interview for a job or submit a resume and cover letter.

Time Management: Gain control of your life by controlling your time. Learn to make the most of your schedule.

Drop-in sessions, no reservation needed.

Throughout the month of March, the BYU Career and Academic Success Center is offering free academic and life skills workshops for students. Students will learn how to study smarter, remember more and efficiently prepare for tests. Additionally, the center offers information and guidance for students preparing to choose a major or career, explore graduate school, interview for a job or submit a resume and cover letter.

Communication: Learn the skills and strategies that can help you be a better communicator.

Drop-in sessions, no reservation needed

Throughout the month of March, the BYU Career and Academic Success Center is offering free academic and life skills workshops for students. Students will learn how to study smarter, remember more and efficiently prepare for tests. Additionally, the center offers information and guidance for students preparing to choose a major or career, explore graduate school, interview for a job or submit a resume and cover letter.

BYU Counseling and Psychological Services will be offering a free, 10-hour workshop for engaged and newly married couples. The workshop is designed to help couples create the kind of marriage that they want right from the start. Email premaritalworkshop@byu.edu to sign up.

BYU Counseling and Psychological Services will be offering a free, 10-hour workshop for engaged and newly married couples. The workshop is designed to help couples create the kind of marriage that they want right from the start. Email premaritalworkshop@byu.edu to sign up.

The BYU Department of Geolgical Sciences is hosting a series of seminars about the latest use of technology in exploration. With the development of remote sensing technology and the exploration of the solar system by spacecraft, geological sciences (understanding the Earth's origin and development) have become increasingly important for understanding not only the earth but the moon, other planets and their moons, and small bodies that orbit the sun.